Month: June 2017

Whenever I tackle a task, it seems I go overboard. This was no exception. I thought that picking strawberries would be a fun activity for me and my daughters. Turns out only one thought it would be fu...Read More

Interceding often feels like carrying the burdens of others. May was a rollercoaster month. On the evening of May 11, my mother-in-law’s birthday, my sister-in-law called to tell me that her daughte...Read More

While my friends and children are busy learning foreign languages, such as French, Spanish, Russian, and German, I’m learning one myself. I’m learning slang from the 1800s. It’s interesting how ...Read More

Seven years ago in February, we brought our chocolate lab, Cocoa, home when she was six weeks old. She was so tiny, she could run under the bar stools that line our island counter in the kitchen. Now,...Read More

I like letters. I like to get them, and I like to write them. Sometimes I write on note cards or lined notebook paper, but most of the time, I email my letters. It doesn’t take me long to write a de...Read More